үркәс

Bashkir

Бер үркәсле дөйә.
A one-humped camel.

Etymology

From *örkäč "camel's hump", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ȫr- (“to rise”).

Cognate with Tatar өркәч (örkäç, “camel's hump”), Kazakh өркеш (örkeş, “camel's hump”), Kyrgyz өркөч (örköç, “camel's hump”), Southern Altai ӧркӧш (örköš, “camel's hump”), Uzbek oʻrkach (“camel's hump”), Uyghur ئوركەچ‎ (orkech, “camel's hump”), Yakut арҕас (arğas, “bulge”);

should be kept separate from *örküč, as attested in Azerbaijani hürgüc (“camel's hump”), Turkmen örküç (“camel's hump”), Turkish hörgüç (“camel's hump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʏrˈkæs]
  • Hyphenation: үр‧кәс

Noun

үркәс • (ürkäs)

  1. (zoology) camel's hump
    Ике үркәсле дөйә. ― İke ürkäsle döyä. ― Two-humped camel.

Declension

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